ownCloud overview demo and tutorial

1. ownCloud
free and open-source web
application for
- data synchronization
- file sharing
- and remote storage of
documents ("cloud storage").

2. Today
Overview
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Sharing files and folders
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Editing
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Using - synchronization tips
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Other tools (calendar, graphics editor,
journal, notes)
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3. Clients:
http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/
https://owncloud.com/products/mobileapps
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There are desktop clients available for syncing data directly from PCs
running Windows, Mac OS, or Linux as well as mobile apps for iOS and
Android devices. More importantly, stored data can be accessed using
the ownCloud Web Frontend in any standards-compliant web browser.
Any updates to files are pushed between all computers or mobile
devices connected to a user's account.

4. File storage in conventional directory structures
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Synchronization of clients
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Sharing of content across groups or public URLs
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Online text editor with syntax highlighting
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Online document editor
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Bookmarking
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Photo gallery
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PDF viewer (using PDF.js)
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Viewer for ODF Files (.odt, .odp, .ods)
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Viewer for video files
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Task scheduler
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Address book (also as CardDAV)
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Music streaming (through Ampache)
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Calendar (also as CalDAV)
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Graphics editor
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Journal
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Notes
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User and group administration (via OpenID or LDAP)
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URL shortening Suite
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Cryptography
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5. Overview Sharing Editing Using Tools

6. 1
2 Application view: This is where apps show their content. By
default, this will show the files and directory (file view) of your user
on the ownCloud installation.
3 Upload/Create button: This allows you to create new files or
upload existing ones from your device. Note that you can also drop
files from Explorer or Finder onto the ownCloud file view and they
will get uploaded to ownCloud.
4 Search/Logout: Search allows you to look for files and
directories. Currently, ownCloud does not provide a full text search,
but this may change in future releases.
5 Settings: This button provides access to the settings menu,
where you can change your personal settings, such as the
interface language or your password. You can also retrieve the
WebDAV URL (see next chapter) and show your quota.
Administrators will also get access to user management (Users),
the apps settings (Apps) and administrative settings (Admin)
including access to ownCloud’s log.
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Navigation bar: Allows navigation between different parts of
ownCloud, provided by apps. Not all apps depicted in this screen
shot are installed and enabled by default.

7. Adding and Creating content
upload
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create

8. ●
- group (users)
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- individual (lowercase names)
Choose editing rights
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Sharing within Research
Team

9. Sharing with the World
Anonymous:
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Create folder
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share with link
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select option 'Allow Public Upload'
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with link

10. Two editing modes
Text editor
– basic text file
– no formatting
– syntax highlighting
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Document Editor
– html file
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11. Naming and editing tips
Edit: File extension ( .txt, .html )
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View: Open Document format ( .odt, .ods, .odp)
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Backup !!!
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Versions
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Filename-02Dec2013
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Filenamedec22013
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12. Naming and editing tips
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Use descriptive names to identify the content/purpose of files, but not too long
Do not use spaces and avoid special characters such as ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) ` ;
<>?,[]{}'"|
Additionally those are sometimes special "-" and "_"
One_word - google treats underscore as character
Two-words - individual words when separated by dash
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When using a sequential numbering system, using leading zeros for clarity and to
make sure files sort in sequential order. For example, use "001, 002, ...010,
011 ... 100, 101, etc." instead of "1, 2, ...10, 11 ... 100, 101, etc."
Date
International Standard Organiztion (ISO)standard 8601 allows different formats:
YYYY-MM-DD or YYYYMMDD
Examples: 2012-01-26 or 20110602
FacultyMeetingMinutes20110323.docx
20110323facultymeetingminutes.docx
FacultyMeetingMinutes-2011-03-23.docx
2011-03-23-facultymeetingminutes.docx
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13. Additional Tools
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calendar
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graphics editor
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journal
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notes
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additional software

14. Additional information
Site
http://owncloud.org/
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Commercial version
https://owncloud.com/
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User documentation:
http://doc.owncloud.org/server/5.0/user_manual/
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15. Skills you should have now
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Creating content
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Sharing content
- with Team
- with the World
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Web editing text files and documents